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Canadian indie rock
up-and-comers who
combine horn and string
orchestrations with a
shouting choir of post-pu...
Orchestrated pop marked
by literary preciousness
has seen this band take the
place of the Smiths on high
school notebooks. They...
Bright Eyes is
singer-songwriter Conor
Oberst and his
revolving-door cast of
collaborators, which has i...
Doug Martsch leads this
group based in the unlikely
town of Boise, Idaho.
They've been an Indie Rock
favorite for years. Built to...
Chan Marshall began playing
and singing her haunting,
musically spare avant-folk
songs as Cat Power in the
early 1990s, sometimes pe...
With loops, jangly guitars,
and the occasional Farfisa,
DCFC craft a melodic
backdrop for Benjamin
Gibbard's cozy vocals. De...
Trio led by Indie Rock
guitar god J. Mascis played a
very loud, very slow kind of
Hardcore. These days we
call it Noise Rock.
Elliott Smith's melancholy
songs, whether stripped to
the bone or joyously
orchestrated, inspire the
grandest of emotions. Smi...
One of the more unusual
success stories in 2000s'
pop music, the
singer-songwriter born
Leslie Feist has gone from...
This Scottish quartet update
the early '80s post-punk
template with an air of
camp, polish and sleaze.
The original Franz Ferdina...
A number of critics and fans
alike claim Husker Du's
blend of Hardcore Punk and
melodics change Q: What
does Husker Du mean? A:...
Contemporaries, if not quite
close pals, of such New
York City acts as the
Strokes and Yeah Yeah
Yeahs, the members of Int...
Modest Mouse's combination
of affected vocals and
post-Pixies arrangements
made them a success. They
recorded three records...
Though never as huge as
some thought they'd
become, Pavement were
still the darlings of the '90s
Indie Rock underground....
The band that begat
Nirvana, pioneers of the
quiet
verse/eardrum-piercing
chorus technique. In 1986...
Rilo Kiley play edgy indie
pop with witty lyrics and
radio-ready melodies.
Jenny Lewis is the woman
(and keyboardist) behind...
Impassioned lyrics woven
from intricate vocal
harmonies create
everything from Riot Grrrl
fury to Twee Sweetness....
Born out of the New York
no wave scene in 1981,
Sonic Youth grew into one
of the most successful art
rock bands in the world....
Legendarily self-destructive
college radio heroes whose
material ranged from sloppy
thrash to surprisingly
tender ballads. Guitarist B...
With their jangly and
melodic pop the Shins
helped bring the pop
traditions of 1960s pop
bands — groups like t...
Articulate, broodingly
charismatic frontman
Morrissey and supple
guitarist Johnny Marr made
the Smiths one of the mos...
Wilco specialize in
Americana backdrops,
orchestral pop-like
arrangements and
deconstructed songs. Ro...
This Hoboken, N.J. trio
pratically defined noisy,
feedback-laden rock
topped with sweet pop.
The band once played th...
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